tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post6792415341123530402..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: The Quebec Bashing Media and the Tempest in a Snowstorm Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-4274204471944459142017-03-27T23:00:48.814-04:002017-03-27T23:00:48.814-04:00it was unfortunate that 300 were stranded in the s...it was unfortunate that 300 were stranded in the snow but really it wasn't as if a bomb had been dropped, health care revoked. get over it all. This is Canada, we have snow some times people make mistakes. In winter even in B.C. its always a good idea to travel with a blanket, a few bottles of water, and candy bars, a flash light and a good book. e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-89807882071539222652017-03-25T10:08:14.888-04:002017-03-25T10:08:14.888-04:00hi MC....please, I know all about Quebec, and beca...hi MC....please, I know all about Quebec, and because I do get around I am able to compare different places, and see their strengths and their weaknesses. I never said that Transport Quebec and the SQ hadn't acted in an incompetent manner, I just object to somebody using that as a metaphor for what's wrong with an entire province. Which is actually a pretty neat place, and helps make Canada a more interesting country. And yes since you ask, I do support Bill 101, I had no problem learning French, I also speak Spanish, some Portuguese, and of course Scottish. And the more languages the merrier. You should get out more, and stop being so negative about everything...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-42767225941369733162017-03-25T10:00:20.020-04:002017-03-25T10:00:20.020-04:00hi jrkrideau...I like living in Ontario, just as I...hi jrkrideau...I like living in Ontario, just as I enjoyed my short stint in BC, but Quebec will always be special for me, and I hate people who attack it and the people who live there in such an ignorant way. It's fine to criticize the province for this reason or that reason. But to use a snowstorm as an excuse for such gross stereotyping is simply appalling, especially coming from someone who should know better. And as for Coyne and his friend Potter, maybe they should draw up a psychological profile of Alberta, because I'm sure that would be at least three times scarier... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-47085357033859530352017-03-24T20:15:50.501-04:002017-03-24T20:15:50.501-04:00WaaaaWaaaaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-22172532205528456802017-03-24T10:37:50.923-04:002017-03-24T10:37:50.923-04:00Hey Mr I'm from Scotland, live in Toronto, but...Hey Mr I'm from Scotland, live in Toronto, but I'm a Montrealer. You don't understand the bureaucracy and all the waste here. Transport Quebec and the SQ were totally incompetent. Hundreds of cars stranded on a major highay for hours on end. Bet you're a bill 101 supporter too. Why do you think so many people and companies left this welfare state of a province?<br /><br />-MC Montreal ConAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-69184473127203638382017-03-24T09:33:24.273-04:002017-03-24T09:33:24.273-04:00he had only lived in the province for seven months...<i>he had only lived in the province for seven months</i> ?<br />Heck, he was probably still having a problem finding his way to the office.<br /><br />I must say, I only lived in Québec for ten years but I don't recognize anything he is bloviating about as the province I knew--I have not had a chance to get back to visit for the last three years.<br /><br />In fact it was easy to say, "Je suis fier d'être Québecois. Somehow, much as I like Ontario it's hard to have the same emotion here and I was born in Ontario.<br /><br />Clearly that mess was a partly a failure of com munitions and the emergency services should have had firmer direction but the same day/night we had a fairly nasty accident on Hwy 401 in Ontario and for some reason I don't understand some motorists were still stranded in a service centre 24hr after the initial crash. <br /><br />Clearly this shows that Ontario is collapsing in chaos.jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.com